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WIRAC Heads to Supreme Court in Suit Defending DACA
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought by the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) and co-counsel, along with other related cases, challenging the Trump Administration’s recission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Veterans’ Suit Over ‘Bad Paper’ Discharges Moves Forward
Federal Court Rejects Motion to Dismiss in Veterans Clinic Class Action
A federal judge denied the Secretary of the Navy’s request to dismiss a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan Navy and Marine Corps veterans.
Rule of Law Clinic Files DACA Amicus Brief
The Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic filed an amicus brief on behalf of a bipartisan group of 51 former national security officials in the challenge to the Trump Administration’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program, which is currently pending before the Supreme Court.
Appellate Litigation Project Prevails in Third Circuit
Students in the Law School’s Appellate Litigation Project (ALP) earned a victory for a former prisoner seeking to press Eighth Amendment and First Amendment claims in court.
SFALP Students Act To Protect Food Stamp Eligibility For Vulnerable Families
Students in the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project (SFALP) helped write a public comment challenging a proposed rule governing food stamp eligibility.
Federal Appeals Court: NAACP Prison Gerrymandering Suit May Proceed
The Second Circuit Court rules in first-of-its-kind statewide challenge by Yale Law School's Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic.